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Ubuntu Desktop Training Available
The Ubuntu Desktop Training program, aimed at new users, is now available. The training provides simulations, practical exercises and information to make daily tasks easy. While prior experience with Linux is not required, basic computer skills are a pre-requisite.
After completing the course, a user should be able to:
- Understand the concepts of open source and how they tie in with Ubuntu
- Customize the look and feel of the Ubuntu desktop
- Navigate through the file system and search for files
- Connect to and use the Internet
- Perform basic word-processing and spreadsheet functions using OpenOffice.org
- Install and play games
- Add, remove and update applications
- View, draw, manipulate and scan images
- Play, edit and organize music and video files
- Seek help on Ubuntu from free and commercial sources
- Create partitions and dual-boot options
The retail price is $100 and can be purchased through shop.canonical.com. Bulk discounts are available for corporations. Any queries regarding this and other Ubuntu training courses should be directed to: training@ubuntu.com.
Other training options are available at http://www.ubuntu.com/training.
Ubuntu Brainstorm Update
Four amazing days have passed since the launch of brainstorm.ubuntu.com, and all we can say is Whoah! A couple of numbers:
- 10,000 registered users
- 2700 ideas (in comparison, Dell Ideastorm has 9000 ideas)
And the numbers keep growing! We had not expected such a success.
But this huge success has its consequences. As many users have pointed out, there are many duplicates, some spam, and the current ordering of ideas (most votes first) in the main page is not optimized for new ideas. Some quirks and bugs have also been found, thanks to your input on Brainstorm!
Quality over quantity is the goal. The objective of Brainstorm is simple: every idea posted on Brainstorm gets its share of attention. This allows the best ideas to be presented at the next Ubuntu Developer Summit. Some of the more pressing issues were dealt with this week.
For this, we created several new ideas lists:
- Most popular today
- Most popular this week
- Most popular this months
In these lists, the ideas are classified by a ratio of votes/(time since creation). With such a scheme, very new popular ideas will have a chance to stand out amongst the older ones. Random ordering, a feature requested by some, has also been included. Implemented ideas and ideas being worked on can now be browsed. Links to category listing have been added.
Two new roles have been created: the Ubuntu Developer role, and the Moderator role. A developer will be able to add a comment beneath an idea description and update idea status, while a moderator will be able to handle duplicate reports, and delete offensive or spam posts.
Lots of smaller fixes or features have also been implemented (see full list of changes below), but Brainstorm is not finished yet. A lot of new features/fixes remains to be done, and we are actively looking at your input on Brainstorm.
Stay tuned!
The Ubuntu QA Team
Bug fixes:
- Fixed 403 error pages when looking at page 2 or more of a contributor
- Fixed layout breakage with longs word and URLs
- Users are now able to edit their idea descriptions.
Spam handling:
- Limit the number of lines displayed on lists.
- Limit the time between submissions to one minute.
Roles:
- New Moderator role: able to handle duplicate reports, delete comments and ideas, change all the contents of the ideas
- New Ubuntu Developer role: able to fill the “Developer Comments” field of an idea, and change its status.
- Users of both new roles as well as admins are more noticeable on comments (bold + logo).
Advanced search page:
- Added random ordering.
- Added most popular today, this week, this month ordering.
Administration:
- Ability to change the front page description without SQL updates!
My ideas page:
- User are now able to see their ideas marked as duplicates, and their deleted ideas. No more disappearing ideas!
Ubuntu Brainstorm Launched!
Today a new feedback site is launched at brainstorm.ubuntu.com that will make it easier for users of Ubuntu to suggests ideas for improvements. Voting makes it clear which ideas have the most support in the user community and should be given priority. We have of course been inspired by the IdeaStorm site from our good friends at Dell but modified the concept to fit our needs.
The development team can now take the pulse on the most pressing user issues and propose the ideas as topics at the Ubuntu Development Summits and ultimately as specifications. Ubuntu development is in turn driven by detailed specifications written up in the wiki and tracked as blueprints in Launchpad.
An idea on brainstorm can easily be linked to a Launchpad blueprint as well as to a bug or a forum discussion thread. In this way we expect to bridge the locations where ideas are often submitted now, as forum posts or bug reports, with the blueprint format they should be expressed in to be implemented.
The site has been designed and coded by the Ubuntu QA community as part of a more general feedback website (qa.ubuntu.com) designed initially to collect test reports from ISO testing. A huge thanks to stgraber, nand and thorwil!
Have an idea for improving Ubuntu? Post it at Ubuntu Brainstorm!
Mythbuntu 7.10 hits 20,000 downloads in one week
The Ubuntu based MythTV distribution, Mythubuntu 7.10, released on Monday 22nd October 2007, and in less then a week tracked hit it’s 20,000th download.
What is Mythbuntu?
Mythbuntu is an Ubuntu derivative focused upon setting up a standalone MythTV system similar to Knoppmyth or Mythdora. You can install it either as a stand alone Frontend, Backend, or combination machines. It is also easy to convert any Ed/K/Ubuntu machine into a Mythbuntu machine via the mythbuntu meta packages.
For further information go to the Mythbuntu website and if you want to try it out, check out the downloads page.